Pakistani women are no short of talent. For the first time in history, a three-member women’s equestrian team claimed a bronze medal for the country in the recently held women’s tent pegging grand Prix championship which took place in Jordan. This was Pakistan’s first women team ever to play internationally and won the competition to come third from 14 countries around the globe.
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Kinza Farhat, Ayesha Ahmed Khan, and Zoya Meer represented the Pakistani team at this international event. Ayesha Ahmed Khan is the youngest ever player of Pakistan’s International tent pegging team and is the youngest captain too. Ayesha started tent pegging a month before appearing for trials and have been horse riding since 2014.
Kinza Farhat has been riding since I was 7, but started giving riding all her time since February this year. Farhat was initially learning polo and went to shandur where she became the first female to practice stick and ball on the actual shandur field. She got into tent-pegging in May this year and went for national trials where she came 1st.
As per the Equestrian Federation of Pakistan, Pakistan holds the distinction of producing the highest number of tent pegging champions than any other country in the region. However, despite all its history and adventurism, the sport is yet to attract the significant attention it deserves.
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